In George Orwell’s 1984, the state used its absolute power to disrupt human connections, even to eliminate love. Are we now living in a real-world version of 1984 where Big Brother is Big Tech? What does this mean for the world of work and is resistance still possible?
Can India’s smart cities be built using equitable and participatory technological infrastructure and governance processes for public data?
Can users regain control over their car data as part of a free and safe data value chain?
Exploring workers’ struggle to reclaim the means of self-determination, resisting the steady march of dominant platforms.
Unpacking the overtures of the Chinese state against its home grown Big Tech companies.
Can alternative development models disrupt the asymmetric data economy in Latin America and build a data commons culture? How can data stewardship initiatives made by local communities help ideate such models?
A conversation with Anita Gurumurthy about a new social contract for the data age.
An epidemic of hate plagues our online spaces, triggered by the profit-fueled, lawless algorithms of Big Tech. A law that will mandate strict content moderation systems to curb hate speech on the internet is the need of the hour.
A conversation with Kate Lappin about a new social contract for the data age.
A conversation with Laura Mann about a new social contract for the data age.